Tracheal rupture caused by blunt chest trauma: Radiological and clinical features

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 480-483

  Kunisch Hoppe, M ^a   Hoppe, M ^b   Rauber, K ^a   Popella, C ^a   Rau, W S ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blunt chest trauma; Radiomorphology; Tracheal rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG CONTUSION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCTION DRAINAGE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

EID: 0034020316     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050080     Document Type: Article

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